Leopard status

[Rob MacLeod]

Hi,

Thanks for this information but I am afraid I have to ask some more  
questions.

How do I search the issue tracker? Each time I try and follow the link  
to any error reporting, it asks for a username and password that I  
have not received.

Thanks,

Rob

On Dec 28, 2007, at 8:31 AM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:

> On Dec 28, 2007, at 07:47, Rob MacLeod wrote:
>
>> I have upgraded to Leopard and many builds seems to fail.  I cannot  
>> get a working emacs in a new install, xdvi-xaw.bin failed in an  
>> attempt to update an existing MacPorts tree, and there seems to be  
>> some consistent havoc about Leopard.
>>
>> I also was not able to usefully search the archived email of this  
>> list--is there something I am missing?
>
> Leopard's linker is a little different and causes some ports to  
> fail. Also, Leopard is "fully UNIX-compliant"; to do that, Apple had  
> to change some things, which breaks some software.
>
> For each port you find that fails to install, please search the  
> issue tracker to see if it has already been reported. If it has,  
> check the ticket to see if there's a patch. If there is, try it out.  
> If it works for you, say so in the ticket so we'll know we can  
> commit the patch. If there's no patch but a workaround, that might  
> let you bypass the problem as well. If there's no ticket filed,  
> please file one.
>